Blackhawk Network is working with Monitise to make mobile gift card purchasing available to consumers through certain banks and financial institutions in the United States, with the intention to expand their relationship into additional markets. To read more, click here.
Blackhawk Network and Monitise to enhance mobile gift card purchasing
11 June 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ukash partners with Little Mistress
6 June 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ukash has announced its partnership with Little Mistress, an online fashion retailer for women. Little Mistress chose Ukash because its target audience of younger women may not have access to bank accounts or are heavy cash users. Ukash is sharing the news on its Facebook page, with a competition giving Little Mistress fans the chance to win a dress and a £50 Mac voucher.
Armed Forces & Veterans launch AF&V Privilege MasterCard
3 June 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Armed Forces & Veterans have announced the launch of their AF&V Privilege prepaid MasterCard, offering up to 10% cashback for serving personnel and veterans of the British Armed Forces and their immediate family. Gx member Fifth Dimension is also involved, supporting the marketing of the programme. To find out more, please click here.
Payment Card Technologies lands easyJet Euro Currency Card Deal
29 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
Payment Card Technologies (PCT) a leading provider of white labelled prepaid card solutions, has delivered easyJet’s first prepaid currency card – The Euro Currency Card. The card, which is free to purchase when loading over £100, will be offered to all easyJet customers from 23rd May 2013 and is being promoted as a convenient, cost-effective, secure and simple alternative to cash, credit and debit cards and Travellers Cheques for payments in Europe. To read the press release, click here.
FIS selected as Sainsbury’s Bank’s retail banking technology partner
28 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
FIS has been selected by Sainsbury’s Bank as the bank’s technology partner for all its retail banking operations. Under the terms of this strategic multi-year arrangement, FIS will provide real-time core banking and back-office processing support via an outsourced model on behalf of Sainsbury’s Bank. To read the press release, click here.
Edenred launches childcare vouchers for smartphones
28 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
Edenred, the UK’s leading childcare provider of childcare vouchers, has launched a childcare voucher service for smartphones offering increased flexibility and convenience to working parents. A secure mobile site designed to work with all smartphones enables beneficiaries check their balances, view statements and make payments on the go. The new site designed for smartphones means parents no longer need a desktop computer to manage their childcare vouchers. Click here to read the press release.
MasterCard introduces Kenya’s first multi-currency prepaid card
28 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
MasterCard is partnering with I&M Bank in Kenya to introduce the first ever MasterCard branded multi-currency prepaid travel card in Sub-Saharan Africa. The I&M MasterCard multi-currency prepaid cards will enable cardholders to carry US Dollars, Sterling Pounds and Euros on a single card, enabling frequent travellers seeking to change currencies to save on foreign exchange transactions while offering all users a secure and convenient mobile wallet. To read the press release, click here.
MasterCard to power Nigerian identity card program
28 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Nigerian National Identity Management Commission and MasterCard have announced at the World Economic Forum on Africa the roll-out of 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic payment capability as a pilot program. The National Identity Smart Card is the Card Scheme under the recently deployed National Identity Management System. This program is the largest roll-out of a formal electronic payment solution in the country and the broadest financial inclusion initiative of its kind on the African continent. The new multi-purpose identity card has 13 applications including MasterCard’s prepaid payment technology that will provide cardholders with the safety, convenience and reliability of electronic payments. To read the press release, click here.
First Data’s strategic alliance with MPayMe to offer Mobile Payment Solutions
28 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
First Data Corporation and MPayMe, a Hong Kong-based mobile solutions specialist, have formed a strategic alliance to offer mobile payment solutions in key markets in Asia Pacific. MPayMe and First Data will work exclusively together in Asia Pacific, and First Data will be the sole distributor and reseller of ZNAP across the region. MPayMe’s ZNAP is a mobile business and payment solution that uses QR codes to offer a secure, flexible, convenient and consistent experience across commerce channels: bill payment, mobile, online, printed advertising and in-store. To read more, click here.
Ukash to offer more payment options for global money transfer customers
28 May 2013 by Leave a Comment
Ukash has signed an agreement to enable global money transfer company MoneyGram’s customers to send domestic and international money transfers from the Ukash website and receive it at any of MoneyGram’s more than 310,000 locations worldwide or through MoneyGram’s account deposit channels. As part of the deal, the initial service will launch in the UK later in 2013 with plans to expand into other markets shortly thereafter. To read more, click here.
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